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Figure 7-26. Wild onion.
Poisonous Plants to Avoid
Some poisonous plants to look out for are listed below. A few of these plants are also listed as
medicinal herbs, but they are poisonous when eaten in quantity. Both
Edible Wild Plants: A
North American Field Guide
by Dykeman and Elias and
Edible Native Plants of the Rocky
Mountains
by Harrington contain illustrated guides to some of the common poisonous wild
plants.
Table 7-1 Common Poisonous Plants
American false hellebore Anemone (wind flower)
Angel's trumpet (Datura)
Arrowgrass
Azalea
Baneberry (pretty white or red berries)
Bleeding heart
Bloodroot
Bouncing bet
Black locust
Butterflyweed
Castor oil plant
Celandine poppy
Christmas rose
Chokecherry
Cocklebur
Columbine
Corn cockle
Crocus
Daffodil
Daphne
Deadly nightshade
Death camass
Desert rose
